Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Gnathophyllidae - Gnathophyllum

Gnathophyllum americanum Guérin, 1856


Distribution : Indowest Pacific region (East Africa to French Polynesia and Easter Island) western (West Indies) and eastern (Canary Islands) Atlantic (in Fransen, 1987: 509). - Shallow-waters; hard bottom (dead coral); coral facultative associate.


Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Marquesas (Ua Huka); Gambier (Mangareva); Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Raroia) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Coral facultative associate (Gen. Pocillopora).

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Gnathophyllum americanum - Fransen, 1987: 508, fig. 4 (Easter Island, Hanga Piku, in dead coral, in tide pool, 1987, 2 females 3.3 mm). - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, tab. 4 (Easter Island, scuba dives 15-60m; det. Holthuis & Fransen). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Gnathophyllum pallidum Ortmann, 1890: 537 (Tahiti). - Gnathophyllum tridens Nobili, 1906a: 259; 1907: 365, pl. 1, fig. 4 ("Rikitea" = Mangareva). - Gnathophyllum americanum - Boone, 1935: 197, pl. 54 (Tahiti; Syn.). - Holthuis, 1949: 210 (Nobili's material; Syn.); 1953: 60 (Raroia). - Odinetz, 1983: 207 (Tahiti; in coral Pocillopora, non obligate associate). - Poupin, 1998: 10 (Checklist). - Moorea fieldwork December 2006, coll. Poupin (Papetoai lagoon, 0.1 m, fringing reef, coral rubbles), det. Poupin, specimens (MNHN) and color photograph. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 2, St. 19, Ua Huka 20 m, sample MARQ-0337, coll. N. Evans.

Depth distribution: 0 - 15 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/